The Waltham Forest Guardian reports that Whipps Cross University Hospital has confirmed that a computer stolen from the premises on February 22nd contained the details of as many as 550 patients, including name, date of birth, treatment information and diagnosis.
Ca: Retailer resells computer drive full of personal files
Sarah Schmidt of Canwest News Service reports that a Staples Business Depot store in Ottawa sold a returned computer hard-drive on clearance that contained hundreds of personal files on it. Although businesses have responsibility to protect information under PIPEDA, Staples has a warning on all of its receipts that says, “Customers are responsible for the…
CA: Security breach at SCC inspires shredding changes
Sarah Rohrs reports that a computer printout containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of students in the 2008 graduating class of Solano Community College accidentally got mixed in with scrap paper used in a mathematics lab. The college believes it recovered all of the pages.
Ca: Personal health info at risk with bill, NDP charges
Kerry Diotte reports: Personal medical information isn’t safeguarded in a proposed new provincial health bill, says Alberta’s NDP Leader Brian Mason. The province is now inviting public input into changes for Bill 52 – a piece of legislation that has also been roundly criticized by doctors. “I don’t think there are near enough safeguards on…
Jackson Memorial Hospital statement on data theft
John Dorschner of the Miami Herald reports that personal information of more than 200,000 visitors to Jackson Memorial Hospital between May 2007 and March 2008 was on a hard drive that was stolen from the hospital’s mainframe data center on or before February 11. According to the hospital’s CIO, no Social Security numbers or financial…
UK: Medical records from York Hospital found in street
Nicola Fifield of The Press reports that a document containing personal and medical information on 19 patients at York Hospital was found on a sidewalk nearly two miles from the hospital. As an example of how troubling such breaches can be, one notation indicated that a named patient has HIV and syphilis.